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:I think that the yellow pages would be considered a tertiary source, rather than a secondary source.
:Also, the yellow pages are paid advertisements. As such, they are entirely non-[[WP:Independent sources]] and completely worthless for showing notability. [[User:WhatamIdoing|WhatamIdoing]] ([[User talk:WhatamIdoing|talk]]) 05:11, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
The yellow pages is not a secondary or a tertiary source. A secondary sources ''builds'' on the material from primary sources. The secondary source material must be somehow transformed primary source material, and is consequently a product of the primary source material (the facts) and the creativity of the author of the secondary source. In a simple directory, there is no creative content deriving from the "author" of the directory. A logical ordering or sorting of data is not creative transformation. --[[User:SmokeyJoe|SmokeyJoe]] ([[User talk:SmokeyJoe|talk]]) 13:36, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
== Initial thoughts ==
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